Ice-cream mold and disher



(No Model.)

H. G. MORRIS. ICE CREAM MOLD AND DISHER;

No. 573,681. Patented Dec. 22, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY G. MORRIS, OF IIOBOKEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE-CREAM MOLD AND DISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,681, dated December2 1896- Application filed eptember 1,1896. Serial No. 604,546- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY G. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Hoboken, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Oream Molds and Dishers, of which the following is a specification,reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in dishersand molds, and has for its object to construct a disher and mold thatcan be conveniently and easily operated with one hand.

The invention further aims to provide a disher and mold of theabove-referred-to class that will be extremely simple in itsconstruction, strong, durable, eifectual in its operation, andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture; furthermore, a disher and moldthat will expedite the labor in using the same by reason of the rapidmanner in which the same may be manipulated.

Still further objects reside in the novel construction, combination, andarrangements of parts to be hereinafter more specifically described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the severalviews,in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved disher,partly in section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4are plan views of the crank-arms. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of theoperating-lever. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the connecting-link.

In the drawings, a indicates the mold, to which is secured the handleI). In the apex of the mold is secured a shaft a, carrying the cuttersd, said shaft carrying on top of the mold a crank-arm e, having a slotf. On the top of the mold, to one side of the shaft 0, is secured a ping, to which is pivotally attached a crank h, carrying a pin is, engagingin the slot f of the crank-arm 6. At the intersection of the handle andthe mold an operating-lever Z-is pivotally secured, theupwardlyextending arm of which carries a hook m, engaging one end of alink a, the other end of said link being hooked to the crank h. Thehorizontal portion of the operating-lever carries a thumb-plate 0, andsecured to the handle b is a spring 19, the free end of which engagesthe underneath face of the horizontal arm of the operating-lever.

The operation of my improved disher and mold will be readily apparentfrom the views of the same that I have shown in the drawings; but inorder to illustrate the same more clearly I will describe it further,and assume for the purpose of this illustration that the parts have allbeen secured in their respective positions.

The operator handles the disher in the ordinary manner and communicatesmotion to the cutters by depressing the horizontal portion of theoperating-lever, thus causing the upwardly-extending arm of same to moveto a more nearly vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1 in dotted lines,thus retracting the link and crank-arms and revolving the cutters toloosen the cream or other substance from the mold. Then the pressure onthe operatinglever is relieved, the spring 19 will return the same toits normal position, and the disher is again ready for operation.

By means of the double crank-arms a sufficient throw of the cutters isobtained, so that only two of these blades need be used, each bladecovering one-half of the inner surface of the mold, and the parts may bereadily substituted in case one becomes broken.

It will be noted also that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction Without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a disher and mold, the combination of the mold, a handle secured tosaid mold, cutters journaled in the apex of the mold, a slottedcrank-arm secured upon the journal of the cutters at the top of themold, a pin on said mold, a crank pivoted on said pin, said crankcarrying a pin engaging the slotted crankarm, an operating-leverpivotally secured to the handle, a link connecting said lever and crank,and a spring secured to the handle beneath the operating-lever to returnsame to its normal position, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

s HENRY G. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

A. M. WILSON, II. E. SEIBERT.

